Recaps

Xie Wen took Shirahoshi and several cats ashore on Bilischirid Island, where Shirahoshi practiced dealing with people and faced the pirates’ greed and contempt. After Xie Wen urged her to build strength as well as seek peace, Shirahoshi began reconsidering her beliefs, and Jinx Meow suddenly made a move.

• Shirahoshi used a cloud-based device to float ashore with Xie Wen, Robin, Klee Meow, Jinx Meow, and Link Meow.
• Shirahoshi grew nervous under the pirates’ stares, and Jinx Meow bit her tail and scolded her until she stopped trembling.
• Xie Wen let Shirahoshi handle the group’s dealings on Bilischirid Island, and she gradually became more comfortable speaking to people.
• Shirahoshi became disheartened by the pirates’ contempt despite her goodwill toward humans, and she asked Xie Wen whether humans and merfolk could coexist peacefully.
• Xie Wen told Shirahoshi that peace required strength and the ability to resist threats, prompting her to reconsider her beliefs.
• As Xie Wen prepared to continue exploring the island, Jinx Meow suddenly made her move.

Xie Wen and the cats helped Shirahoshi become more confident by roughhousing with her, and she began standing up for herself during negotiations on Bilischirid Island. With Jinx Meow protecting her, Shirahoshi grew excited about throwing her weight around, leaving Xie Wen to wonder where her new boldness might lead.

• Jinx Meow repeatedly bullied Shirahoshi until Shirahoshi fought back and learned to use Observation Haki to dodge, block, and counterattack.
• Klee Meow and Link Meow joined the roughhousing, and Shirahoshi gradually began enjoying the play-fighting.
• Xie Wen ended the game when Shirahoshi grew tired, and Shirahoshi said she understood his earlier advice.
• Shirahoshi continued handling negotiations and began arguing politely against pirates who showed prejudice toward merfolk.
• Jinx Meow defended Shirahoshi by firing at rude pirates, and Shirahoshi became increasingly excited about using Jinx Meow's protection to throw her weight around.

After leaving Bilischirid Island, Shirahoshi told Xie Wen that hostile pirates were targeting her, and Jinx Meow and Klee Meow persuaded her to practice fighting back. Meanwhile, pirates allied to capture Shirahoshi and approached Doflamingo, who prepared to seize the mermaid and betray them.

• Shirahoshi warned Xie Wen that she had sensed malice from pirates as they left Bilischirid Island.
• Jinx Meow and Klee Meow encouraged Shirahoshi to learn to fire a cannon, and she cautiously agreed to try.
• Pirates who knew they could not defeat Xie Wen alone joined forces and contacted Joker about the mermaid near Bilischirid Island.
• Trebol told Doflamingo that capturing the mermaid could revive the Donquixote Family's slave auction business.
• Doflamingo ordered Buffalo and Baby 5 to contact the pirates and told Trebol to notify Vergo, intending to claim the spoils for himself.

Ai Haibara Meow completed a katydid armguard that let Xie Wen use Wirebug techniques, and he tested it with a Long Sword Silkbind Attack. After discussing upgrades and names, Klee Meow named the device Dudusi.

• Ai Haibara Meow presented Xie Wen with her completed Wirebug armguard and explained how to use it.
• Xie Wen tested the armguard's grappling function and used it to perform a Long Sword Silkbind Sakura Spirit Blade against a Guardian.
• Xie Wen told Ai Haibara Meow that the device worked but that he needed practice to master the attack and that Silkbind moves had practical limitations.
• Ai Haibara Meow began recording notes for future improvements, then revealed the armguard's designation was 0311 and that it could be upgraded without another Wirebug-type Devil Fruit.
• Klee Meow asked to name the katydid, and Xie Wen and Ai Haibara Meow agreed.
• Klee Meow named the katydid Dudusi.

Xie Wen trained with Dudusi to develop Silkbind Attacks while Shirahoshi learned to use Lassoo, the hand cannon. When pirate ships finally appeared, Shirahoshi overcame her nerves and fired at the lead ship.

• Klee Meow eagerly accepted Dudusi, then returned the clever creature to Xie Wen after playing with it.
• Xie Wen taught Dudusi to cooperate with him and refined several Silkbind Attacks, including Herculean Draw and Soaring Wyvern Blade.
• Shirahoshi trained with Jinx Meow, and Meowrah converted Lassoo into a hand cannon for her.
• Jinx Meow grew impatient while the crew waited for the pirates, but Xie Wen persuaded her to keep waiting so none would escape.
• Pirate ships appeared behind the Toot Toot Forward, and Shirahoshi steeled herself, aimed Lassoo at the lead ship, and fired.

Shirahoshi struggled through her first fight against the pursuing pirates, then stepped aside while Jinx Meow attacked their fleet. The pirates survived Jinx Meow’s explosive rocket and stubbornly continued their pursuit as Xie Wen turned the ship back toward them.

• Shirahoshi fired at the pirate ships’ masts but faltered after seeing pirates intercept her shots, so Xie Wen and Robin urged her to stop and let the cats comfort her.
• Jinx Meow attacked the approaching fleet with Pow-Pow, then fired a Death Rocket that a pirate captain detonated in midair, creating a powerful blast that scattered the ships.
• Worried the pirates might flee, Jinx Meow asked Xie Wen to turn back, and he agreed while warning her to save the ships for collecting loot.
• Xie Wen had Meow Jūshirō and the others turn the Toot Toot Forward around, but the pirates recovered and continued pursuing them.

Tovani tried to manipulate the Donquixote Family into attacking Xie Wen’s crew, but Baby 5 and Buffalo turned on his pirates instead. As Xie Wen’s group began fighting the approaching pirates, Jinx Meow awakened Armament Haki and punched through a foe’s armor and shield with her bullets.

• Tovani provoked Baby 5 by insisting Joker feared Sapphire Star, while his crew reminded her that Xie Wen had freed slaves from Joker’s auction house.
• Baby 5 shot one of Tovani’s pirates, then teamed up with Buffalo to attack his crew; Tovani fled after learning Joker did not care about others knowing his identity.
• Xie Wen sent the Toot Toot Forward into the sky with Shirahoshi and the cats aboard, then jumped with Jinx Meow, Nico Robin, Shalmeow, and Sanji Meow to fight the pirate fleet.
• Xie Wen and Sanji Meow left most of the fighting to Jinx Meow and Robin so they could train their Haki, while Xie Wen watched over Jinx Meow’s reckless charge.
• Jinx Meow awakened Armament Haki and used her blackened bullets to pierce a pirate’s steel armor and shield.

Robin awakened Observation Haki while fighting a Devil Fruit user, and Jinx Meow awakened Armament Haki before exhausting herself. Xie Wen realized a huge missile was descending on them, with a woman’s lower body trailing behind it.

• Robin asked Sanji Meow to let her face a wind-blade-using pirate alone, and she awakened Observation Haki during the fight.
• Jinx Meow defeated the pirates around her with Armament Haki-coated bullets, forgetting to leave the Devil Fruit users alive.
• Xie Wen searched the fallen ability users for Devil Fruit fragments but found none, then caught Jinx Meow as she collapsed from exhaustion.
• Robin used her Devil Fruit to defeat her opponent, then stumbled from mental exhaustion and was caught by Xie Wen.
• Xie Wen spotted a huge missile with facial features and a woman’s lower body hurtling toward the group, and recognized Doflamingo’s involvement.

Xie Wen and the Palicoes defeated Baby 5 and Buffalo, but Robin stopped Xie Wen from killing them after Baby 5 reminded her of her childhood. The captured pair learned that Doflamingo had not known they were attacking Xie Wen’s ship and were shocked to hear his crew had beaten their Young Master.

• Xie Wen and the Palicoes escaped Baby 5’s explosion, and Baby 5 mistook Xie Wen’s interest in maid outfits for a desire to have her.
• Buffalo attacked from the air, but Sanji Meow knocked him down before Baby 5 resumed firing at Xie Wen.
• Robin used her Devil Fruit ability to pin Baby 5 and Buffalo, asking Xie Wen to spare them because Baby 5 reminded her of her childhood.
• Sanji Meow bound the defeated pair with Seastone chains while Xie Wen questioned them about Doflamingo’s orders.
• Buffalo explained that Doflamingo had not been told Xie Wen was aboard the ship, and Baby 5 and Buffalo were shocked to learn Xie Wen’s cats had beaten Doflamingo at Marineford.

After defeating the attackers, Xie Wen tried to ransom Baby 5 and Buffalo, then discovered two Marine warships approaching from opposite directions. The ships brought Vergo and Zephyr, leaving Xie Wen to face an unexpected meeting between the G-5 mole and the Pirates Guerrilla Force leader.

• Xie Wen brought the defeated enemies aboard and demanded that Baby 5 and Buffalo arrange a ransom from Doflamingo.
• Baby 5 gave Xie Wen Doflamingo's phone number after he pleaded with her, then accused him of toying with her feelings again.
• Shirahoshi noticed that Baby 5 and Buffalo relaxed when the Marines were mentioned, leading Xie Wen to suspect Doflamingo had arranged a scheme involving Vergo and Shirahoshi.
• Sanji Meow spotted two Marine warships approaching from different directions, and Xie Wen anchored the Toot Toot Forward to wait for them.
• Vergo arrived aboard a G-5 warship, while Zephyr appeared on a separate modified ship with the Pirates Guerrilla Force.

Xie Wen reunited with Zephyr, while Binz’s attempt to impress the Palicoes with his plant-based Devil Fruit ability ended in ridicule. Vergo considered how to handle the situation, but Klee Meow and Shirahoshi exposed his intent to harm Robin.

• Zephyr welcomed Xie Wen aboard the Toot Toot Forward and praised his work against pirates, while Xie Wen wondered whether Edward Weevil might fill the Shichibukai vacancy.
• Klee Meow and the Palicoes pressed Binz to demonstrate his ninjutsu, so he used his Devil Fruit ability to grow vines in Sanji Meow’s garden.
• Sanji Meow scolded Binz for ruining the vegetables, and Klee Meow, Meowrah, and Ai Haibara Meow mocked his weak, inconvenient, and ugly ability until he collapsed in embarrassment.
• Vergo worried about Baby 5 and Buffalo’s fate and considered his next move, then fixed his attention on Nico Robin.
• Klee Meow sensed Vergo’s hostile intent and warned Xie Wen, while Shirahoshi confirmed that Vergo wanted to harm Robin.

Xie Wen protected Robin from Vergo by claiming the World Government had approved her joining his crew, prompting Vergo to leave and report his interpretation to Doflamingo. After the Marines departed, the crew joked about the trouble Robin might attract and reassured her through their relaxed attitude.

• Vergo revealed Robin's identity as the wanted Nico Robin and accused Xie Wen of harboring her.
• Xie Wen claimed Robin's place aboard his ship had been approved by the World Government, and Vergo left to report the matter to Doflamingo.
• Zephyr warned Xie Wen that Robin would attract the attention of powerful pirates before departing with Ain and Binz.
• Ai Haibara Meow explained that Xie Wen's claim gave Robin's presence legitimacy with the Marines, while Hua Mei Meow discussed how Doflamingo might spread the news and encourage attacks.
• The crew joked about profiting from the trouble Doflamingo could cause, and Robin silently groomed the cats to show her gratitude.

Doflamingo learned that Nico Robin and merfolk were aboard Xie Wen’s ship, then tried to spread the news to other powerful pirates. After Xie Wen captured Buffalo and Baby 5, the two negotiated a ransom and agreed to meet on Misteria Island.

• Doflamingo ordered Trebol to tell Big Mom and the Beasts that Nico Robin had joined the Sapphire Star.
• Xie Wen called Doflamingo and revealed that he had captured Buffalo and Baby 5.
• Doflamingo reassured Buffalo and Baby 5, then became furious when Xie Wen taunted him about killing Rosinante.
• Xie Wen demanded two Paramecia Devil Fruits and two famous swords, and Doflamingo accepted the price.
• Doflamingo said he would arrive at Misteria Island shortly to complete the exchange.

Xie Wen traded Buffalo and Baby 5 back to Doflamingo for Devil Fruits and swords, then checked the Hunter’s Notes for new entries and fragments. The Notes recorded Shirahoshi as Poseidon, while Xie Wen prepared to summon another Palico.

• Doflamingo arrived aboard the Toot Toot Forward and exchanged the Devil Fruits and swords for Buffalo and Baby 5.
• Robin declined Xie Wen’s offer to let Baby 5 stay, explaining that the crew’s secrets made it too dangerous.
• Hua Mei Meow reminded Xie Wen to check whether the Devil Fruits and swords had yielded fragments.
• The Hunter’s Notes produced a weapon-pool fragment and recorded the Dice-Dice Fruit and another unfamiliar Devil Fruit, but neither of Doflamingo’s swords yielded a fragment.
• Xie Wen found a new entry identifying Shirahoshi as Poseidon and reasoned that Ancient Weapons had to be acquired before they could be recorded.
• Xie Wen decided to summon another Palico.

Xie Wen let Klee Meow choose which Devil Fruit to use for the summon, and she picked the Density-Density Fruit. After the summoning seemed delayed, the crew found Suika Ibuki inside a liquor barrel in the storeroom.

• Xie Wen considered the remaining Devil Fruits and ruled out several options for the new Palico summon.
• Klee Meow chose the Density-Density Fruit after Xie Wen refused her suggestion of the Bomb-Bomb Fruit.
• Xie Wen used the Summon Ticket, but the new Palico did not appear immediately.
• Hua Mei Meow sensed movement inside the ship, and Xie Wen followed her to the storeroom.
• Xie Wen found Suika Ibuki with her head buried in a barrel of liquor and recognized her as the new Palico.

Xie Wen met Suika Meow, discovered her extravagant Monster Hunter accessories, and explained the One Piece world and the Density-Density Fruit to her. Suika eagerly ate the fruit after learning it could make her bigger so she could drink more.

• Xie Wen recognized Suika Meow’s density-control ability and found that her chains and tail pendant were exceptionally heavy.
• Xie Wen discovered Suika Meow’s horns were Rajang Hardhorn ornaments and her Ibuki Gourd was made from rare Monster Hunter materials.
• Suika Meow woke up, introduced herself as a fighting-type Palico, and immediately offered Xie Wen liquor.
• Xie Wen explained that Suika Meow was in another world and offered her the Density-Density Fruit, explaining its powers and drawbacks.
• Suika Meow learned the fruit could enlarge her body, then ate it so she could drink more liquor at once.

After waking with a hangover from Suika Meow’s welcome feast, Xie Wen recovered with Sanji Meow’s soup and rounded up the cats for baths. The chapter ended with Suika Meow protesting as Xie Wen began washing her first.

• Xie Wen woke with a hangover and remembered that Suika Meow had kept handing him drinks until he blacked out.
• Little Plushie and Klee Meow teased Xie Wen about smelling of booze, and he ran into Robin wearing only a bath towel.
• Klee Meow brought Xie Wen Sanji Meow’s hangover soup, which eased his headache.
• Xie Wen caught Meowrah, Shalmeow, Link Meow, Meow Jūshirō, and Hua Mei Meow to give them baths.
• Hua Mei Meow blamed Suika Meow for getting everyone drunk, so Xie Wen picked her up and brought her to the bathroom.
• Suika Meow stiffened when Xie Wen started the bath and cried out in protest.

Suika Meow shared the story of her strength and adventures, while Xie Wen discovered that Klee Meow’s Naruto stories were shaping Shirahoshi’s ideals. Shirahoshi chose Naruto as a model for protecting Fish-Man Island, and Xie Wen prepared to tell her another story.

• Suika Meow’s drinking habits led several adult cats to join her for drinks, and she told Xie Wen how her immense strength earned her the name “Felyne Demon God.”
• Suika Meow recounted defeating a Golden Lion while drunk, becoming a Hunter cat, and answering a summons that promised fine drinks.
• Xie Wen noticed Shirahoshi listening seriously to Klee Meow’s Naruto stories and worried she might be inspired by Nagato’s ideas.
• Shirahoshi told Xie Wen she sympathized with Nagato but wanted to become a protector like Naruto.
• Xie Wen encouraged Shirahoshi, then offered to tell her a story about Nezha wreaking havoc in Heaven.

While waiting for their Log Pose to record Misteria Island, Xie Wen and his companions opened their restaurant and let Shirahoshi explore the island on her own, with the cats secretly watching over her. Shirahoshi stood up to prejudice and attackers, while Robin and Shalmeow’s maid outfits sent Sanji Meow into a dramatic collapse.

• Xie Wen and the cats opened the Palico Restaurant, rejected nobles who demanded special treatment, and beat up a man who tried to buy Shirahoshi.
• Shirahoshi went into town alone to observe the humans, while Xie Wen and the cats followed from a distance for her safety.
• After children threw stones and called her a monster, Shirahoshi fought back lightly and lectured them.
• Shirahoshi defeated attackers without help, handed them to the sheriff, and found that the townspeople became more wary and polite toward her.
• Robin took Shalmeow to have maid outfits made, and Sanji Meow fainted at the sight of them before Ai Haibara Meow revived him with her new medicine.
• Sanji Meow woke up and praised Xie Wen’s excellent taste in maids.

After Nico Robin joined Xie Wen’s crew, Morgans and Kuma offered help as pirates across the New World began targeting them. Xie Wen arranged publicity for Shirahoshi and learned that his old advice had helped the Revolutionary Army grow.

• Morgans called Xie Wen about the news that Nico Robin had joined his crew and warned that powerful pirates would target them.
• Xie Wen told Morgans that Shirahoshi was the daughter of King Neptune and explained why she had gone to sea.
• Morgans became emotional over Shirahoshi’s story and promised to oversee reporting on Fish-Man Island, while Xie Wen put off an interview.
• Kuma offered help for Xie Wen and said Dragon could arrange trusted allies because of Robin and Xie Wen’s past support for the Revolutionary Army.
• Kuma told Xie Wen that his suggestions had helped the Revolutionary Army win over and support kings of Affiliated Nations.
• Xie Wen declined immediate help, then let Klee Meow, Ai Haibara Meow, and Bonney take the Den Den Mushi.

Xie Wen prepared the Palico Research Commission for the powerful pirates now targeting Nico Robin and his crew. Big Mom and Kaido dispatched forces to capture Robin, while Ochoku began planning a secret operation of his own.

• Xie Wen reassured Jinx Meow and Suika Meow, then assigned combat duties and protection responsibilities to the stronger cats.
• Charlotte Linlin ordered Katakuri to bring her Nico Robin, Xie Wen, and the cooking-capable Cat Minks; Katakuri agreed to take Cracker but refused Pekoms.
• Kaido flew off in a drunken rage before King ordered Jack to capture Nico Robin alive or kill her if capture proved impossible.
• Ochoku weighed the danger of provoking Big Mom and Kaido, then summoned Triff for a secret mission to seize Nico Robin.

While relaxing at sea, Xie Wen followed Klee Meow’s discovery of a purple haze and identified the island beneath it as likely Punk Hazard. The crew sailed toward the island, planning to bring the Toot Toot Forward ashore so Shirahoshi could avoid exposure to the poison gas.

• Klee Meow interrupted Xie Wen’s nap to show him a purple haze in the distance.
• Xie Wen and the cats turned the Toot Toot Forward toward the haze and spotted an island beneath it.
• Xie Wen suspected the island was Punk Hazard, and Ai Haibara Meow recalled its connection to Kizaru and Germa’s research.
• Ai Haibara Meow and Suika Meow discussed ways to protect Shirahoshi from the poison gas, but their suggestions proved impractical.
• Shirahoshi offered to stay aboard the ship, but Ai Haibara Meow suggested sailing the Toot Toot Forward directly onto the island.

Xie Wen and his companions reached Punk Hazard aboard the transforming Toot Toot Forward and began searching its abandoned research facilities for Vegapunk’s work. Ai Haibara Meow analyzed the island’s poison mist, explaining how its persistent effects could threaten even people with strong constitutions.

• Klee Meow transformed the Toot Toot Forward into its Magnamalo form and landed it safely on Punk Hazard.
• Xie Wen realized the island might hold valuable abandoned technology and decided to search its facilities for the laboratory containing the Artificial Devil Fruit.
• Meowrah eagerly anticipated studying Vegapunk’s research, while Xie Wen explained that the World Government’s Science Unit was likely more advanced than Germa.
• Ai Haibara Meow reported that the poison mist was not highly toxic but lingered in the body and could accumulate with prolonged exposure.
• Ai Haibara Meow explained that Caesar had traded immediate lethality for penetration and persistence, making the poison more effective against people with strong constitutions.

Xie Wen and his companions searched Punk Hazard’s buildings but found only supplies and equipment, not the missing research or survivors. Ai Haibara Meow built a poison gas detector from a Dial, and Xie Wen decided to follow the gas toward its source to draw the survivors out.

• Xie Wen led Klee Meow, Robin, Shalmeow, and the Four Heavenly Kings of the Little Furball Cats through a building while wearing Raid Suits to protect them from the poison gas.
• Klee Meow guided the group to an ammunition depot, and they searched nearby buildings before returning to the ship with assorted supplies and equipment.
• Hua Mei Meow’s team returned with little salvage, and Xie Wen worried that their searches were delaying their hunt for the Sakura Dragon Fruit and the poison-gas creature.
• Robin suggested searching areas with thinner gas to find survivors, but Xie Wen chose to search for the thickest gas so they could locate its source.
• Ai Haibara Meow modified a Dial into a poison gas detector, which Xie Wen planned to use to track the gas source.

Xie Wen and the cats found Smiley, a huge toxin conglomerate that had eaten the Salamander Fruit, and debated how to capture it for research. When Smiley attacked, Klee Meow used the Toot Toot Forward’s flames against it, but Smiley regenerated and Klee Meow prepared a hotter attack.

• Xie Wen and the others found Smiley resting in the ruins where Caesar had detonated a poison gas bomb.
• Ai Haibara Meow explained that Smiley’s Devil Fruit nature made it difficult to capture or preserve for research, and she and Xie Wen considered neutralizing its toxins.
• Smiley charged the Toot Toot Forward, and Klee Meow struck it, scattering its head into poison blobs that soon re-formed.
• Ai Haibara Meow told Klee Meow to use controlled flames, and Klee Meow burned away part of Smiley’s body, but the poison mist returned and restored it.
• Klee Meow activated Purple Flame Burst Mode and attacked Smiley with Orochinagi.